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The state government has increased the tax on race betting from 10 to 20% and that has irked the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) and the punters alike.Incidentally, the state government had reduced the tax in 1998-99 by 10%, but had gone back this year to increase the tax by 100%.?This will definitely have an adverse effect on horse racing,? said chairman of RWITC Vivek Jain. Jain added, ?This was unexpected and is unfortunate. We will represent our case to the government.?<br …

In what could further infuriate the state bodies, a Hockey India (HI) official on Monday said they would have to go ahead with the elections without Maharashtra, if the differences between the associations aren’t resolved.HI secretary general Narendra Batra met the office bearers of Mumbai, Maharashtra and Vidarbha hockey associations to find a solution for the disputes related to the affiliation of these units with the parent body. However, the meeting yielded no result and with HI giv…

Suresh raina’s 57 runs and MS dhoni’s 22 runs made chennai super kings to won crown of IPL season 3

Adam Gilchrist is known to call spade a spade. The straight-talking Deccan Chargers skipper admitted that the defending champions had reserved their worst for the last.Asked about the Saturday night show against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the third-place play-off, Gilly said: "Yes, it was pathetic…Very disappointing way to finish." But he still felt that their campaign was reasonably successful. "Four teams didn’t make it to semis, we did".On a personal fro…

The inaugural IPL awards night function was a culmination of the best of Bollywood and the cricketing world with actors and players walking the red carpet at the Grand Hyatt on Friday night.Actors and cricketers alike walked in with some posing for the shutterbugs while others were in a hurry to get to the party. The crowd-pullers were Sourav Ganguly, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh.Yuvraj looked dapper in a suit and even spent a few minutes speaking to the media while Harb…